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I MAILS. ka at-via—a Waterford. Du s-3 Gottanburgh, t Malts, t Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS Tim DA Y AT 71;VILLV it O'CLOCK. 0043018 r . 6761 THE SUN. $0411114 (11)1# DICUI 1 , 41.111114 AUPSAT ? LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AVRIL, b, 18a9. IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE FROM THE CONTINENT. W 2 arc this day enablod to communicate to our ReaderS lioine very import:ant intelligence from the Coulinetir, upon the authenticity of which 'we have to plizce the most implicit reliance. Accolints have reached town this morning frotn Rotterdam of a very recent date, which state, tha► the Moniteurs to the c. , sth ult. had' reached that. Ono, which are perfealy silent with respect .to the Midi I'S of Spain, from which we may infer that the French have Sustained some tre,h reverses.in that Country ; at least it is an indisputable proof that they have not acquired any fresh advantages. The Moniteurs do not contain any articles of a decisive name with regard to Austria, but as Buo- rARTE was to assemble the Senate on the Ist of ,this month; it was generally expected that he wpuld then take an Opportunity of communicating his tin4l determination ; but no doubt whatever was en- tataind !bat,tt War was inevitable.. Indeed these,ae- count; state, ,that hostilities had in laB commenced, and confirm the statement which we some days ago laid twfore our Readers, of an engagement 'having aaually taken place in the Tyrol: The engagement happened on the" 17► h ult. the Austrians having entered that Couutiy a few chys beiare. We have not learnt whether it was with a French or a Bavarian Corps that the Auattians wero engaged. - The ,'aaion ter- ruhlated, as we bdore staked, in favour of the Aus. trianal licit it ixtas not yin affair Qi very great import- once, except that it was the commencement of a War, upon the issue of which the fate of the Conti- I ent cal iuropo deppnds. Witte respeti to the line of conducl which the gMPEROR Of iltrastx will adopt, these accounts do rot give us any decisive .information, 4 variety of contratliaory statements were it; circulation. Tile report, therefore, of Russia and Viance having de- blared War rigainst Austria appears to be urifouncied. The unfortunate General Durotvr, who, with his viny l surrenflered prisoners of War in Andalngia, last Snoltnor, has fallen a viains to the reseatrnent of BIJONAPARTg. fl was triecl by, aCuurt Martial, and, as a mltter - of course, he was condemned to, This RC went:* was immediately afier put into execution, and he was shot by ,torch light. 'This ad of 4oVerify, or rather of cruelty, had, it is ,tared, excite( consider* disgust among the French 'Generalq, The private tn4rcler of Vic- Lutqccvn, acid the public execution of Durowr, for nzisfGrtnnes which they had not the power to avoid, of cra mot striking proof* to PruoNA- Officer;, of the very prpeirious tenure by %%filial they hula their live. It is expefted that 'Sir A,Wl'lllJ!t YITI3LI,Esr.r.v will ;et G ut for put p tui about ,Thurstlay, next, He will 1.)43 eicco,tyttined by General' . ST.4WA KT, brother of CAsTt,utteAcin, who, it k .supposed _will, re sign hii Otflc3e - as .we,ll atti . Sir NllTliVit. 3110 Ex.! p`edition ,from Cork having alrciely sailed, Sir A. Wst.t.esi.ey will, on his arrivnl at Lisbon, find 1. - irny..lfat Olive at the bead.,of an army-fully comps T (ca s t to e n cOnnte.r SovLT,„ Apiv ,—The volunteering from . the IVli= liti:, into the Regulars proceeds with the greatest It is highly creditable to the . spirit of Etigiislanen, that tile anxious desire of the Militia men to loin those regiments which have lately dia. iireuslaed theinselve in Spain and Portugal. The b2ti, and the rife corps, have ad owm. her , tur:ted out ftir the;n, The East Essex and North - Lincoln, quartered at Harwich, furnished, t „,, nt y.four i t ours, their full completnent at mew At Torts,::;,uth, the Oxford turned out seven men more tit their qatila an d Wein l their full complement at once. istiq' favouii.- 1 ,- , , , ,i,tetits With tnese won were the 1514), h2il, ; ; ;;Ii!. ;)sth, and the volun eV . % have tuarcheLi Tt:e tVorcesclr, Aliddlesex, ..ad the offer wade tbell) 611 I.l3,'.llf,erobrlt ed tlw c h ange of ttt gNatest .tll 1.1)%er the, • .. : ...ahnLi , ced on Sittada , . and the Shrop 41.:,,6unetits, ltad r . tip the O; their c.oulki.s4lent. The following are the Staff that, hare accompanied the Expedition from Cork : Major-General Ilill, Commander of the' Forces . Aides-de-Camp Lieutenant fill and Captain Cowie, g th regiment ; Major of prigide to the Forces Captain Fordyce, 8 ist regiment. Brigadier-General Alex. Campbell, Second in Command. Brigade-Major Captain Hunter Blair , gist regiment ; Aid de-Camp Captain . CaMpbell, 74th Regiment ; Assistant- Adjutant-General Lieutenant-Co/onel Efinabar, 68th regi ment ; BreVet Major Williamson, 3oth re gi in ent Deputy Assistant Adjutant- General ; Captain Elliott, 48th regiment, ditto; .Lieutenant-Colonel W. Delancey, Assistant Quarter- Master-General ; Captain Scowl!, 57th Foot, Deputy As sistant Quarter-Master-General; Captain Waller; to3d Fobt, ditto, ditto.--T he force coniprises 5000 effective men. Yesterday, Sir DAvin DUNDAS held a public day, at his Office in the Horse Guards, and gave audi ences to about forty- Officers, the principal part of whom were General Officers, Sir DeIVI D has adopt eda regulation, that all who wish to see him must have, their names put down before one o'cleek, on his piiblic days. He begins to give his audiences about half past one. • RIFLE Citr,.. , --On Sunday last, the Duke of Cumberland's had a . grand field day, and fired lot their monthly :,;old medal, which was won, After a very hard; Contest, by Corporal Porteus,, Saddler, Warwick-street. This is the Gentleman who last Summer obtained the silver cup given by Major' Bar ber. Although the day was very inauspicious, yet the firing was generally good. Lockwood and RI" viere came nearest on that day to the winner. Cap tain Reece, on delivering the medal, in a neat speech eulogized, the skill and perseverance displayed on this occasion. On Sunday afternoon, at four o'clock, arrived at Trinity Colle&e Lodge, Cambridge, Mr. MAN set., a inipshipman in the Navy, son of the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Bristol, Master of the College. This happy event was sown made known by ringing of bells in the ditlerent churches, which have been re peated this day with 'a discharge of cannon. The congratulations at the Lodge have been numerous and respeelable. This young gentleman, now only In years of age, had been tyrannically kept a pri soner in France upwards of five years. He, with another gentleman, made his escape, last week, •in woman's apparel, open fishin,Ooat. They were at sea two days.and.two nights, and landed at Dover on Friday last. , ROYAL HuNT.---On Easter ISilonday, according to annual custom, his Majesty'4 stag hounds hunted tor the amusement of the neighbouring Nobility and Gentri, and'others, who have retired from -London _ . into the countiy, to enjqy the recreations of the sports of the field, for a tew.days . at this season of the year;. About ten o'clock •Marquis Cornwallis, the Maiter of his Maiesty",s Hounds, accompanied by a numerous asseinblage, arrived at Tower Hill, near Swinley, where there were about two hundred sportsmen waiting the arrival of the .Noble Marquis, to enjoy the clay's diversion. . Soon after the arrival of the Marquis, a very tine deer was turned oat of b- 'cart, which immediately slieved great sport across the forv4, to the left of Bagsbot, through Cobham, taking 'ollie left, by Batley and St. Ann'S Hill, whero he crossed the Thainwi, near Staines BridgeooWards Shepperton. Thesportsmeu went over Staines Bridge, and renewed the chace through the inclosures, to Shepperton, and from thence to Sunbury, where the deer was taken in a pond, after four hours hard running; it was supposed he ran upwards of 40 miles. M•any of the horses were knocked up. ,The deer was bred in Home Park ; it was the second time of being hunted.—To.morrow morning the'celebrated Hendon deer will be turned out on Stock Common for a day's sport, by his Ma jesty's hounds, ROYAL 4,CAUEMY.—It is said that the President and Council .cif. the Royal Academy have resolved to abolish the annual dinner which they have hither to.given on the Saturd33/ immediately preceding the opening of the Exhibition. . We most heartily ap plaud them for this intention, as Pie dinner was attended with a great annual expence, generally above (our hundred pounds, and was not productive of any advantage to the Ingtitution 'or its Members. If the Nobility and opuletat characters of this coun try are disposed to patronize Genius, their liberality would . hardly be increased by an invitation to an annual dinner, and it the Members possess great lents they will need other_" ecommendiition.— The objedt of the intended retienehment in this re spea is, to increase the, fund• for the relief of • Widows and .Orphans of departed Memberi of the Academy, as well as to purchase such works of ge, nins'its may tend to the advantage of the Students, and the improVement , of the. Arts. This objet 'is so laudable, that conitidcring the humane and iibe ral charatter by WhiCh the Academicians, as a body, have in general long,been distinguished, it is surprts.. it that it Was not adopted many years aga.—One ot 'the purposes of the dinner was to give the diatin-, guished c'ilaraaers in thisConntrynn opportunity of . geeing ,the Exhibition before it was opened' to the `Public at large, but. the :dinner took place so late In' the day, and so many persons were asSembled toge ther, that the sight could afford tithe gratiticition.- ,T_Fit..ppleilopplirotnt., it. is. ki ndersuatid, i4s still to. bus pair{ to tile. persons usually invited, who are to be, presented with a ticket for private admission on :the Saturday, and who will, of, course, have the whole day before thcm to indulge : their curiosity; and who wili have the additional pleasure'. of knowing (110, slight ,one to a liberal mind) that what was devoted to useless luxury is hereafter to be chiefly appropri-, ated to benevolence . , and the improvement of ,the Briqah Arts. ' Count Conatii'zur.,i,vhose death we mentioned in our Paper of Monday, was burn at Brutiseis the 2 tat November, t 753, arni'Comnienced in 17 72, his po litical ewer, under the Minisfer Count. de PERM' ' , .1 WO years after he was named Minister Plenipoten. tiarrand Extraordinary to the Court of Denmark, and in 1777 to that of -Prussia He. was recalled at the epoch of-the war of the Pavarian succession, and was destined to negotiate the Peace of TeSchen,' but a sickness which he had' prOented The . „arm year ha 'Was - named Minister tiont,Ans. tiia to Petersbttrgh. Ott his return to Vientia; after the signing of the preliminaries ct Leaden, he con clnded in 179'7 theTr!aty of Campo.Forn.o, and in the month . of December in the same year, the unli tary r CQnV ela I at Aadstadt with the Enip t , tor o r, France. Aticr the cvntereuces of So;z, lie xeturiied to Peter,butgit. On the gth of February, 't 80 1, he coc•eludecl the Peace of aud hi the month of December tollowini", toe places of Di retting Miai,ter of Siate and Cut&cences,' arid Vice. chancellor of Slaty for Foreign Affl i cr.j. , • NAVAL NEWS. PI:YMOUra, APRIL ,?.—Arrived the Sloop London. Packet, RILHARDSON, from Gijon, lute') with wool and nuts, bound to London ; ,the Pheasant Sloop of .War, Capt. PEASE, from the Westward ; and the Arrow Schooner, Lieut. Hkwitss, with Dispatches from Sir J. T. DUCILWORTH. , His Majesty's Ship San Josef was undocked on. Saturday last. The Sprightly Cutter, Lieut. GORDON, is appoint ed convoy to the Eastward. Arrived• the Albion, GALLAUD, from rOndon ; and the Caroline, PENITON, from Lyme. Sailed the Contest Gun-brig, Lieut. Go Boon ,with a Fleet of Vi6toallers for the Fleet off,Rachefort. Arrived the 'Sandwia'Lugger from Utvrney. The Arrow Schooner, which arrived here this morning, spoke on her passage, the Eliza Packet, from Falmouth, for the Brazils ; and Ole Margaret, from London, for Rio Janeiro, all well. PORTSMOUTH, APRi t. 4.--Arriveg the. Caroline, from Cadiz ; "Inn, Com.tc4cs; and Sally, SMART, from Sunderland ; also the Nancy, SAXON, from London. Sided His Majesty's Ship La Loire and illphea, for the Westward ; 'and the Richard, Plum, for Chepstow. DEAL, APRIL 4.—Sailed the Taunton Castle, for ludia. Sftga RN US, APR 3.---Arrived his Majesty's Ship fielive and Agressor Gun-brig. The . Pandora and Centinel were paid up to six months. Came dwivn the River the Thunder Bomb. Went out of Harbour and anchored at the Little,Nore, his Majesty's Ship _Nemesis. The following article came to this Country in manuscript from Hainburgh, and is sUpposed to have issued from the Austrian Court.' It is very.in teresting in itself, as it chews that Austria was nor disposed rashly to precipitate herself into a new war with France; and it strongly exemplifies theincon-' tistency of France, in imputing such a design to het, while it represents ber'as destitute of all warlike re sources. Indeed it' must be evident to all mankind, that it' Abstria is involVed in a new war with. France, she will be drk , ...n into it by the insolent and restless ambition of the enemy OBSERVATIONS OF AN AUSTRIAN PATRIOT uroN vn.k.tou ARTICLES INIIER'FSD IN TAR FOREIGN- GAZ4CTIS. The novel style which has been sudienly adopted in some Foreign Gazettes has jUstly excited a,teni,ll:. meat ; for hostility of language commonly precedes that of arms. By this, inteutionsare u:iiciently Made 'known ;;and when newspapers are a„o A ed to irritate; insult, and threaten, it is evident that there is no do- sire to hive recourse to official explanations. What ever this language may be, it is a species of cypher which requires to be developed; and in the present instance, the public have either misunderstood it, or have drawn from it conSequeoces too extensive. It is acknowledged in these gaZettes that the EM peror of Austria, aftogether occupied by the ‘ cares of a paternal government, is strongly twitched toTeace . by all his feelings, his conscience, and his word (a)". His wisdom and his integrity are std tinted, and many' Princes or his From are personal' w - esteemed' (b.) These first confessions deserve notice ; for it is an express acknowledgment that the &flint e of Austria does not deiire war. But it is added, that there are, however, intrigues in the Court ; that young men may •be misted at Vienna'aithey were ousted at Berlin that even aimNolte brothers of the Empress there were persons who were not alarrnel at thewarn ing late of Prince LewitiFerdiliand of Prussia, and that it those Princes are not without pride, they are with out power and witlfout credit (c) ; that it is even suspected that there, are certain young 'Noblemen Vienta, who are desirous to return again upon the theatre of the battle of Ulm, in order to try wile. ther they On play a more splendid part than in )805 that these young Lords already - point out from a didtance the fine positions which the Ans.. trians,ought to take (d) ; that with a painful feeling they inquire who are the mad authors of so many' extraordinary measures, of those levies of the mili tia, and those insurrections so likely to throw a 1 Europe into confusion (e) ; finally, that two'orthree r~ti~iait'toua; tang titan ought to be kept down;whose extravagant speeithes, and idiom arc sufficient to keep the Austrian Monarchy in alarm )." , this language is to be 0)4 explained : They are desirous io wake France and Europe. .believe that it. is Austria which desires War; but since they dare not give the lie to the assurances which the Em peror has incessantly given of his pacific intention, it is supposed, with as knuch, injustice as take . - hood, that intrigues ktre able' to subdue the will or the Emperor and the policy of the State. - kis intended by this answer to various purposes ; tn.:France to prepare the public iiiind• tin the afflict— ing prospect of a new war ; to impute it to us, and cause it to be believed that it Is we who provae it.; tend to divide the public opinion tumult ourselves, by perfidiously suggesting that this diYisoin exists al ready., Now ; all the,e allegaiions'are false, and Many rid then are calumnies and insults ; but, unheppi-ly. ,it ha's Often -Occurred that an huitile aggression has followed closely upon language of thts description. it is, nowever, a consolation tor us: to be cons iuced that tk i " as-Is sail, Europe is alarmed, tlie cause of th;s will never be lOund in the LA. Aug - • A..fter hiving ethielvedrecl to make us, appear, btate 01 4 agre..sbloti in the:it...gaieties, tllf.v cAlah to te,re..ient us as unable to carry en war. " It IS h;tit.l,4l so Innen the mare certain,.as Ausilla hits no motive t,a . wzy. , l'ne ilii3 left hi r without a single einthon, ilnCs iltiitnllitltion, " dht~ It k 5 kmt w:t.thp:Ter money she ha; been able to replenish her wens's. 'Terre terms soldiers no longer exist ; newsoldiers must be formed; but Austrians must. be in training two , years, in order to mount, turn to the right and left, and load a gun. Beyond a doubt, say they, the French have taken our artillery ; .and a long period is requisite in order to work mines, , raise buildings, - and construe machines, in order to produce cannon. That for want of horses it is men that do their Work in our fields; that the bones of our former cavalry , still _whiten our SO; and that unless we have re , course to , magic, we cannot • form a cavalry within 15 years. As to the insurreBion.s and levies el Inane, they are, it'is said wretched instruments for the detenceof a State. And from all this it is .in ferred, that good Austrians will - congratulate them , - selves on the absolute incapacity of making war, which unites with'the wisdomof theirSovercignto assure them of the continuance of peace," There is probably exaggeration in this -article, theughin general it is very true that the attacked are . reduced to the necessity of not estimating then': strength, while aggreSsinri always calculates its own. ; , Nevertheless, if our impotence is such as is der; scribed, one evidentconsequence- results front' it, which is this, that we cannot inspire fear, distrust, or uneasiness tunny one. We see clearly that tile G. 1.• zette-writers, having opposite ends to answer, could not avoid. contradictions. Desirous to attribute. to ns the design of making war, they suppose our prepa rations alarm all Eumpe i and on the other hand, . in order to alarm and convince US that a War against als would be an easy enterpriSe, they im a g ine us to be absolutely without power, unable to make any resistance. Nevertheless, we hope to shew, that if we have not made all the preparations which an aggressor would make, we have not ilegleded those which the instin& of nature, and honour, pro vokes in a warlike nation, which may every instant be called upon to defend its existence• If we were certain of peaCe, we might indeed', congiatulate ourselves on our incapacity to make war; but where is the certainty of peace ) Assuredly itt-does not consist in impotence or weakness. - 3,These same Gazette-writers next turn to ano ther object, useful to all aggressors, which. is, to alarm those upon wham they. make war. T h ey say then, that " independattlyof the great army there are 150,000 French -troops in Germany, 130,00t1 . men its Italy, and 100,000 men hf the Confederal tion ol ahe Rhine; that the instance of the Spanish insurgents, dispersed as soon as attackkti, Ought to serve as a lesson to the Austrian and . Hungarian levies en masse ; but that there aro some. heedless - young men here, who have already forgotten that the French troops took quarters in their inatiiions, and who :are apparently desirous to re-commence their their travels." 'All Europe will perceive *hat ought to be in' ferred trom these menaces'; foyif the fads stated are -not exaggerated, hew 'can Au,tria be reproached with hai.'ing made sornedefensive armament;, while it. ts con tes,ed, that without Counting very numerous armies, , she is surrounded by 4d0;000 soldiers, who, in the tevinkling of an eye, could be post4d her frontiers? To ,reinain armed. 'one'ir-leit , and tIY , re wire that others shoultl be disarmed; 10 condition to deaLdeadly blows, and reed a s '11.) its j is it e y et t ; be n l o e t as i t o iime n in ac e t :lt t:u NVOuld be an assumption ta wt r ti m o'ic t ‘ :i t i d h l°o 3 :eliiivnth:s4:l'b. " 7B(r)l: aeration ofwar• tO in: `'My fellow-citizens ought not, howevg r ' fer (rata all this reproachful langua l ;e, r t therefore* war has bcoome inevitable 4.vlthin a few dilY 6 ' - "" Newspaper. writers are not the organs of Govern'. meat. It is also possible that these attacks Ilod 10 " sults .upy be. disavowed. -Our Emperor has called all throne to- witnevs, t h at ins ti, Of a na• .lure purely detc•nsive, it:tvt.; never nad war tor their object, tie wished only to fulfil one of t h e Bret. . duties.of the Torone, tognard his faithful subjects . I against an uworeseen attack. Foreign movements must of necessity direa his own. Foreign troop . are colleaing in all parts around. bite ; he is, there lore, obliged to Withdral a part of his army troth its cantonments. -Positioue cannot be taken to at• tack his trOntiers,without putting hint in, a Situations on his part, to take other pcisitions ; mit of iy in or der to parry the blows, but to prevent their b.ting sec ek ; for what constitutes llie,first aggression the will to aggress. • _ it is the arraogements, preparations, and me naces which, precede the blow. The first cannon which is dischaiged is Often merely a defensive se. Should it theeetotv, happen, that tile design 10 wage war upon us should be so- lartnanifesed, modertitionyould .. serve only to facilitate the blow the enemy was prOjecting i in such a edse, ; our So vereign, strung in his conscience, and in the vial' opinion of Europe, Would'consider it as his right and. duty .-to repel by force the preparations ; made on kii. o frontier, which could hive no other than his donu" Mons fin object; and from that alo.att would IX° become an open war." . (2).(;:tzettc de France, lan. 24. 18469. !..(b) journal de 1:EPI" pmp. 'Jan. 21. re) : c; Bette its France, io. • (d) ' 3 l ) a. “ .Jan. imams! de Ptrn:iire ; jail. 21. (t) P1Ibi11,1?let I"' • Mr. WAirmstAN, on Saturday a at v . ,. -- compared two of the City Members, oho, towards the conclusion of Ihe late investigation in the liousts of Commons,: took part against, the Duke of Yong,.: to the Ass who kicked at the sick • Lion ;• but what must be :bought of IlloSe who persevere in doing; they CJn to afflict the mind o f their Sr.!yercigeP‘ by pFcceediugs against the Duk e of YORK, now that he has retired from public. etniiloyment, and may h e considered in that respett as bein i ; in a state of tieal Ldertise. Surely theSe 'men are aS bad the Ass wholiicked the sick Linn, filiJ who are so desii~ lute ot< every appearanC6 of feeling, as to i tra t O ld open !st i lt Wnen deA: But 'ate tide , of party spiri t, we trust, -wilt be uiecked by the Manly and ge; 14 rot's - character of 'ill nuns, and turbulence 0 deino.qady kept within the boiitida of true Wyatt/ and ratriutiqn. • I.*sterclay the B.ridowell and, Christ Hospita WO l were akitnitted the'Maitsion 7 tiouse, <witcre , ss tinal, they received each a taxpence or a shilling , bun and.a. glao; of wiate, trout the Lop MAY" ; 4 ner ,his Lordship, accoMpanied.by the SW ritis, three Mderinen,and City Otticers,-again wait iii procesioo to Christ Church, where they .heard Ot- sccokid pte,.ched..bctore them,. the Governor of the tiospitaki after which they weft: entertained yis h act eh nut dinner by 64 Po.vPrilP f . 4 4;tri hokongv,:lt LAW,.